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| Date: | xx Apr 2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B200C King Air |
| Owner/operator: | SIL Aviation |
| Registration: | P2-SIA |
| MSN: | BL-39 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Aiyura Airport (AYU) -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Aiyura Airport (AYU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During a training flight, when the undercarriage was selected down it indicated as unsafe. The crew recycled the undercarriage but to no apparent effect. They subsequently returned to the airport and landed safely. During the landing roll they apparently shut down the engines. As the aircraft slowed its main undercarriage collapsed.
Sources:
WAAS
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 2014 | P2-JAU | Tropicair | 0 | Enroute between Tokua and Port Moresby | |
non |
| 21 June 2019 | P2-JAU | Tropicair | 0 | Enroute to Port Moresby | |
non |
| 1 September 2023 | P2-JAU | Tropicair | 0 | Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport (POM/AYPY) | |
sub |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2025 15:57 | ASN | Added |
| 26-Apr-2025 16:16 | ASN | Updated [Date, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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